Archives for July 2010

The United States Golf Association revealed an updated Congressional County Club today, making the 2011 U.S. Open course setup a thing of beauty. All 18 greens have been rebuilt, and Mike Davis and the USGA have added seven tee boxes to stretch it out to 7,568 yards, 300 yards longer then the 1997 U.S. Open won by Ernie Els.
My favorite hole on the course, #18, has been lengthened to 521 yards and will force players to hit mid or long irons into the green. In 1997, the 18th played as #17, … [Read more...]

Can you honestly say you were expecting Tiger Woods to sit out the WGC Bridgestone Invitational next week at Firestone? Well the headlines on every golf and sports website today seemed to lead with Tiger committing to the tournament. A lot of people acted surprised for some reason. Tiger rarely plays the week before a major, but next week is different. He always plays this tournament the week before the PGA Championship. And why not when you seem to own the course, right? Tiger is the … [Read more...]

Bill Pennington, a golf blogger for the New York Times, has complied a list of The 10 Simple Habits of Popular Golf Partners. Some I agree with and some I don't care about so I thought I would share my thoughts.
1.) Be on time- This is my number one pet peeve on the golf course. I hate when my playing partners are late. I try to get to the course at least 45 minutes before my tee time if not an hour and when one of my friends comes strolling up when we are suppose to be teeing off just … [Read more...]

While I was watching Sports Center coverage earlier about today's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, they showed a fly over of the race track and were talking about how large the actual facility is. They also mentioned there is golf course right next to the track, Brickyard Crossing, and four holes of this course actually go inside the racetrack.
It looks like a pretty nice course and I regret not getting to play it five years ago when I was in Indianapolis visiting my good … [Read more...]

Have you ever wandered what Will Ferrell does to gain an edge on the golf course? Yeah, well me neither. But are you now curious to see how Will takes out his opponents?
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Yes, in order to get the edge, he makes sure to wear some sort of pattern on his clothes to confuse the competition. The pattern has to be so crazy it turns hypnotic so when they look at you they pass out. Then you can take their wallets and get out of town.
Ferrell is … [Read more...]

Anytime I am surfing around on the internet, golf headlines always seem to catch my eye more than any other headline. When the headline involves Tiger Woods, it catches my attention even more. It has always been this way. Although I admit, it may have gotten worse since his little mishap turned PR nightmare on that infamous Thanksgiving night, but I have always enjoyed a little Tiger story. Let's face it, he became my favorite athlete when he burst on the scene and remains my favorite … [Read more...]

Just like I wrote yesterday, the final round of the Open Championship was an absolute bore fest. A great story, but a bore fest no less. ESPN received a preliminary rating of 2.1 for the Sunday final round, compared to a 3.8 last year.
And guess what... You didn't see this headline of ESPN's website. I know. Of course they are not going to put it on their own website. I just don't care for ESPN that much for a variety of reasons.
Tiger Woods was out of it early and Phil Mickelson did … [Read more...]

Tony Romo, the QB of my Dallas Cowboys, finished in a 4-way tie for second place this weekend at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship, a made-for-TV event full of superstar athletes and celebrities. Romo finished tied for second with John Elway, John Smoltz, and actor Jack Wagner. Another former NFL QB, Billy Joe Tolliver won the event for the third time.
Now, I am glad Romo got his summer of golfing out of the way. He has played in a couple U.S. Open qualifying events, along … [Read more...]

Well, it's 11:22 AM CST right now. Phil Mickelson is finished for the day and Tiger Woods is already on his way back to Orlando. Rory McIlroy is putting together a good round but ESPN doesn't seem to care about that. Some guy by the name of Louis Oosthuizen is striping every drive down the middle and increasing his lead with every swing, now sitting at a comfortable 8-shots. Paul Casey is going backwards. Lee Westwood is not making a run and Martin Kaymer is just a couple under on his … [Read more...]

Two days ago I wrote about a little pick-em game my friends and I play for all the golf major championships. Now I know it's early, but didn't I tell you... One of my picks, Rory McIlroy is leading the tournament with a sweet little 63 shot on the first day of The Open Championship. Not far behind is Tiger Woods, another one of my picks.
Yes I know it is only Thursday. Yes I know I am sitting here watching the replay on ESPN and these guys are playing with no wind or rain. Things can … [Read more...]

While I was listening to the Dan Patrick Show this morning, he had an interesting poll that I wanted to hit on. The poll question was along the lines of who would be a better story? Tiger Woods in contention on Sunday or John Daly in contention on Sunday.
Dan interviewed David Feherty and Jack Nicklaus and they both had different answers. I personally think John Daly would be a better story. I also think more people would root for John Daly. I think Daly would be a better story for a … [Read more...]

For about two years now, my buddies from work and I have gotten a little pool together for the four major championships each year in golf. How it works is we pick four players for the week. Scoring goes by the final score at the end of the week and whoever has the lowest score wins the pot. It's normally just $5 or $10 and the winner takes all. If any of your players misses the cut, then after Friday's round we double the score for the weekend. So I wanted to share my picks I have chosen … [Read more...]

Chip-In's
Congratulations to Paula Creamer for winning the U.S. Women's Open this past weekend at the infamous Oakmont Country Club. It was great to see her mom and dad there to congratulate her at the end. The 23-year old Pink Panther shot a cool 3-under for the week, two shots ahead of the runner up.
After a Paul Goydos 59 and Steve Stricker 60 in the first round at the John Deere Classic, the two ended up playing together in the final round and Steve Stricker pulled out the victory … [Read more...]

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